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Description: Pure deliciousness. The cup looks a bit sloppy because I couldn’t refrain from taking a sip before I took a picture. ~~~~~~

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For lunch today I was looking for another hot meal! Our weather has been the pits lately and it is quite chilly outside. I decided on a hot stir-fry and I continued my love affair with Quinoa as the featured grain.

Look how cute that Quinoa is!!! What a dainty grain. :D

My view was very GREEN today…

It was my first time trying yellow zucchini today…

Ingredients:

1 green zucchini

1 yellow zucchini

1 cup canned diced tomatoes

1 orange pepper

pinch cinnamon

black pepper

1 cup quinoa

Italian dressing (to replace oil)

2 bay leaves for flavour

Bad news:

I was not a fan of yellow zucchini. It tasted like I was eating raw pumpkin innards…hahaha. Was I supposed to remove the skin perhaps? I just couldn’t get paste the taste. I think I would like it in a recipe with a sauce (like a veggie lasagna), but not in this stir-fry.

It sure did look pretty though! The rest of the stir-fry tasted great. It was my first time trying cinnamon in a stir-fry and I LOVED it! It had such a wicked flavour.

i’m not sure if yellow zucchini is the same as golden zucchini but i love the golden. we get it here in dallas at the farmers market often and it tastes so good baked or sauteed as veggie fajitas. it caramalizes and gets sweet and yummy.

Hmm…I never thought the yellow zucchini tasted like pumpkin. I wonder if the cinnamon made it taste more like that? I season my yellow zuke with sea salt & ground pepper & usually saute in EVOO with green zuke & mushrooms. I have also grilled it & roasted it, too.

If yellow zuchinni is the same thing as yellow squash/summer squash I ABSOLUTELY love it! I think you should try it sauteed with a big vadilia onion, and salt and pepper for a side dish! Ummm, SO good! My family also likes it fried, like okra….But me don’t eat many fried foods!

I love yellow zucchini! Maybe try it a bit differently. It is awesome grilled with a lemon/herb marinate……… or in pasta….. maybe you just didn’t like the texture and perhaps you would enjoy it more if it was grilled or maybe breaded and oven baked?

That’s too bad you didn’t like it! Summer squash is the family. Zucchini is one type of summer squash. Yellow summer squash is what you used :) Sometimes they are bitter, is that what it was like? Bitterness usually means it was overgrown or overripe. If not it’s possible you just didn’t like it! But typically they are very mild.

the stir fry looks so yummy! it’s too bad about the yellow squash- it’s one of my favs :o( i say give it another shot….perhaps it was a bad one (recently had a bad experience cooking eggplant for the first time and i know i do like it!)

question for ya- do you measure the quinoa before or after cooking? thanks!

Hi,
The trick with zucchini is to cut it small. Next time try sauteing onions, then garlic, then add zucchini (cut in quarters then chopped into pieces about the size of a dime, not too thick), add a few chopped sun dried tomatoes, finely chopped roasted red peppers and add some Adobo seasoning. It’s my favorite quick veggie dinner!